JBL’s First Ever Turntable Is the Most Gen-Z Thing I’ve Used This Year

JBL recently did something somewhat out-of-the-box and experimental: launching its first-ever wireless turntable. It’s called the Spinner BT, and released it a couple of weeks ago, just in time for the holiday season. The BT Spinner has what JBL calls a “modern yet retro feel.” This device aims to “elevate your space, “targeting Gen Z … Read more

Teenage Engineering’s Latest Super Toy Is a Big Boy Sampler

Image: Teenage Engineering Swedish electronics company Teenage Engineering announced a new product just in time for the holidays, a bargain-priced sampler with an alluring throw-back aesthetic called the EP-133 K.O. II. Panic’s Playdate Handheld is Almost Here As the name implies, the K.O. II is a super-charged follow-up to the PO-33 K.O., a beloved sampler … Read more

How Expertise Formed Hip-Hop, From ‘Race Information’ to AI Drake

This story is a part of our new Hip-Hop: ’73 Until Infinity collection, a celebration of the style’s fiftieth anniversary. Entering into Afrofuturism “There couldn’t be hip-hop with out know-how,” Bobcat Goldwav instructed Gizmodo through cellphone final week. Goldwav is a Baltimore-based hip-hop producer with 15 years of expertise working within the style who has … Read more